Agile Development Director

#This is open for only W2# USC or GC only

Job Title : Agile Development Director

Locations:. : Onsite in Mclean, VA (5 days a week)

Job Description:

Must Have Qualifications Overall 10 years of experience in Java, Python, Cloud- AWS, Microservices, Kubernetes, Angular. 7-8 years of leadership leading developers.

Notes:

• The Chief Development Lead Manager (CDL) will be the point of contact for 5 – 6 development leads. The CDL will be responsible for the following:

1. Deliver software end to end i.e. from local development to production deployment and ongoing operations.
2. Develop best practices on software development and tool usage for teams to follow.
3. Vendor management and contracts.
4. Releases: Work with business stakeholders etc.

• The CDL will be responsible for not only addressing immediate technical tasks, but also be responsible for maintaining a strategic view that involves technical thinking, market research, cost efficiency, risk mitigation and long term planning.
• The CDL must have experience with hands on coding to develop Proof of Concepts (PoC’s) for the teams to execute them. The CDL will not be involved in developing user stories.

Requirements:

• Design the overall technological design of the product with the help of the teams and BU Architect.
• Ensure technical detailed design is compliant with the Architecture decision and bring to the attention of the architect if the product team cannot be in compliance for any reason.
• Responsible for High Level design document, sequence diagrams,
• Guide Agile teams on technology strategy related to coding practices, continuous integration, and automated deployment.
• Responsible for technical design and infrastructure / environments strategy, including deployments, ensuring that these are kept in-line with product roadmap and with MVP mindset.
• Work with the team to help empower and provide the right tools to deliver sprint goals.
• Mentor and coach the technical team including Dev Leads, specifically with code quality when needed.
• Identify and remove technical impediments.
• Work with the Chief Product Owner to align the roadmap with strengths and opportunities within the technical stack.
• Constantly look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing the solution, not afraid to challenge the status quo.
• Provide the teams a roadmap for implementing software engineering practices.
• Share responsibility with Chief Product Owner for building reusable and scalable components.

Provide transparency to Dev Leads and Architecture for evolving priority and design changes